Chalcogenides [electronic resource] : metastability and phase change phenomena / Alexander Kolobov, Junji Tominaga.

A state-of-the-art description of photo-induced effects observed in amorphous chalcogenides is presented with the accent on the underlying physics. A comparison is made between sulphur(selenium)-based chalcogenides where numerous photo-induced phenomena take place entirely within the amorphous phase...

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Main Author: Kolobov, Alexander V.
Other Authors: Tominaga, Junji, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; London : Springer, 2012.
Series:Springer series in materials science ; v. 164.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Amorphous Semiconductors
  • Fundamentals of Amorphous Semiconductors
  • Properties of Amorphous Chalcogenides
  • Methods of Structure Analysis
  • pt. 2. Chalcogenide Glasses
  • Reversible Photostructural Changes
  • Photo-Induced Anisotropy
  • Photo-Induced Change of the Phase State
  • Photo-Induced Phenomena in Chalcogenide-Metal Structures
  • pt. 3. Phase-Change Materials
  • Structure of the Crystalline Phase
  • Structure of the Amorphous Phase
  • Pressure-Induced Transformations
  • Mechanism of the Phase-Change Process
  • pt. 4. Applications
  • Memory Devices.